frost about October 5th. The Milford Valley is colder in the north portion but varies but little from the dates as to frost at Minersville.
The climate or weather conditions in the county are temperate, not being subject to either extreme heat or...

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO WESTERN BEAVER COUNTY AND SNAKE VALLEY INDIANS AT INDIAN PEAK There was at one time a part of a tribe of Piute Indians living at Indian Peaks. Bert James says there were two hundred Indians out there, never over that, and...

smoke. A table and benches had been erected, and by nightfall a hot dinner was prepared, a dormitory, for the boys had been arranged in the second story of the old Administration Building. (This building was formerly the offices of the officers of...

creeks out of the canyons, widens to encompass an area of good farmland, then tapers off and disappears in the desert gorges and mesas that stretch westward. With the advent of spring, the snow banks melt and disappear, and the mountainsides become...

If love and reason could but guide With thee I'd brave the ocean wide, And live for thee alone. Go where you will, I'm still the same, My heart is fixed. I oft exclaim 'We may be happy yet.' And when the farewell tear is dry'd Heaven prosper thee,...

towards building up the Church and Kingdom of God. On July 24th the flag was raised and the cannon fired and, this being the day the pioneers arrived in Great Salt Lake Valley, we had a celebration. The cannon was fired, had a fine procession,...

evening meeting where the congregation was addressed by Carruthers and Lunt, after which there was a testimony meeting. Several children spoke and one little boy said he was willing to do as his parents told h q and he also would do whatever...

think you know more than those that are placed above you which is wrong, and you must humble yourselves and be united."18 Some of the settlers were beginning to plant turnips, beets, onions, radishes, and lettuce in their gardens. Their domestic...

Thunder on the mountains and the creek still rising. I looked around today to see what all the brethren in camp were doing. I found them all very busy, some ploughmg, some planting seeds, some building houses, and but three putting up fence. I just...

The summer after Henry left for England to fblfdl an L.D.S. Mission in that country the settlers were forced to contend with great challenges. Because of the hot, dry weather in 1855, hoards of grasshoppers hatched and migrated to the fields in...

Lunt then arose and prophesied in the name of the Lord that the saints in these mountains, who would live faithful, would have al1 the clothing they needed before long. Minutes taken by Ellen Lunt, Secretary December 10, 1857: Relief Society...

the preceding day attended by President Erastus Snow [President of the Southem Mission], Elder Richard Robiion of Pinto Creek, James H. M a y of Harmony, John Hamilton of Hamilton's Fort, Patriarch Elisha H. Groves of Kanarra, Bishop Willis of T o...

and tens of thousands of men and women are out of n work and, but for soup kitchens being established i the large towns, some would starve to death in this, the wealthiest nation on earth. 1 saw a brother at the conference in Nottingham named...

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church suit case that the Edmunds-Tucker Law was unconstitutional, you would, with God's blessing, soon see me in old Cedar, but they dare not do it. We must 'do what is nght and let the consequence follow.' 1enclose the last letter 1received...

many others. A log school and church house were quickly erected. A ditch fiom Water Canyon was to be dug so we could plant orchards and gardens and have water for cuiinary purposes. I the meantirne, al1 of our water was n c h e d or hauled in...

When Martineau returned to Pacheco a month later, the town was a shocking sight. Large pieces of beef and pork lay rotting in the houses and yards and the homes were in a temble condition. There were books, many choice ones, scattered around--many...